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05-27-2020, 02:20 PM | #2806 |
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That will teach you to launch in Florida in late afternoon
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05-27-2020, 02:20 PM | #2807 |
It was not a fair catch
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to me-this is why space travel will never be common place. Earth weather
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05-27-2020, 02:20 PM | #2808 |
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Well shit
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05-27-2020, 02:20 PM | #2809 |
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anyone wanna talk about how the rocket kinda looks like a penis?
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05-27-2020, 02:21 PM | #2810 |
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Why don't they just slow down the ISS to get a better launch window, say in the morning?
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05-27-2020, 02:21 PM | #2811 |
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05-27-2020, 02:22 PM | #2812 |
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Trump jinked it.
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05-27-2020, 02:22 PM | #2813 |
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Those new space suits are butt ugly.
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05-27-2020, 02:23 PM | #2814 |
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05-27-2020, 02:25 PM | #2815 |
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Why couldn't they have waited for 5 more minutes for the weather to change. I think whoevers running this program is a dumbass!
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05-27-2020, 02:28 PM | #2816 |
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It sucks, but I understand the super anal level of caution. If they have a Challenger incident on their first attempted manned launch, we'll be sending our guys up through Russia for the next ten years.
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05-27-2020, 02:31 PM | #2817 |
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This is probably a dumb guy question, but why can't they just pause the count for 15 minutes or so and then go?
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05-27-2020, 02:32 PM | #2818 |
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05-27-2020, 02:34 PM | #2819 |
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This flight is going to the ISS. So, no.
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05-27-2020, 02:35 PM | #2820 |
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They're aiming for the ISS, which is moving. If you don't launch at the right time, you miss the station. All ISS launches will have an instantaneous launch windows (which basically means they have to launch at the exact second or not at all).
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